Fighting Sioux Fan

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To get into the NCHC, they

It would be nice for most of those games to feature NCHC teams until the conferences begins playing each other. The Big 10 teams have thier own network to be on and we can watch enough HE games on CBS College Sports. This talk of the NCHC/VS tv deal does make me wonder what is going to happen with the FSSN and being able to watch hockey games on tv. Right now, we get to watch all the home games. I just hope that something doesn't happen that will mean less Sioux games on TV...

With NDs small population, it can't be too hard for the number of out of state students to out number in state students...

I think they are going to name it College Hockey America...

If UND is going to have a new hockey conference, we might as well have a new nickname and logo to go with it!

The coaching adjustment that I would like to see is that the Sioux not come out in thier first game in the regional flat and lose, same thing in the Frozen Four especially if they play BC? How many years in a row now have they come out flat and lost? At least five, I think. Why is it so hard for every game in the NCAA tourney? It has been so endlessly frustrating!

I believe UMD is going to come out with a vengeance in this regional bracket because they have something to prove! Union and (likely) Yale aren't going to know what is going to hit them! I am looking forward to a UMD/Yale game! I bet that is going to be a shootout!

Why do people keep suggestion that Alaska join the WCHA? I think this is a terrible idea. How expensive is it to go to Alaska for one weekend alone? Just think about the costs for going twice! Also, schools get the bonus of playing and extra two games a season if they go to Alaskan schools to play, maybe the CCHA teams will want to keep this as an option.

You will log in to watch it and will accidently get linked to a lacrosse game!

Will gopher games still be on FSN with the gopher games being on the BTN? Maybe this will open up chances for the other MN teams to be on FSN, too.

The formation of the BTHC will allow Moorhead State to form a team now and compete in the WCHA!

I don't see why there is any interest in leaving the WCHA behind. It still has a tremendous history throughout college hockey. North Dakota and Denver are the top tier schools that have a lot of history and more National Championships then any other school except Michigan. The level of competitiveness is still there, too. Plus, the costs of travel are less playing all the four MN schools in the conference. The only change in the WCHA will hopefully be MTU switching to the CCHA because it's travel costs would likely be significantly reduced there and they might have a chance at being more successful.

Wasn't ND in the WCHA a long time ago? maybe that will help bring them back into the WCHA fold and drag Miami with them!

Maybe MT will switch to the CCHA and the WCHA will stick to a nine team conference. Which is easier to do schedules for, nine or ten teams? I'd like to see it back to where UND plays each team at home and on the road every year again.

I have a feeling that Yale is going to run into Duluth and thier top line is going to lite up Yale like it is Christmas.

NH is the host school for the regional. Host schools always get put in thier bracket that they are hosting. Maybe the Sioux should host regionals at the X?

It is a conspiracy against UND by the NCAA to punish the school for being hostile and abusive. They put a school the is UND'splayoff bane in the same bracket. That's why BC is likely to be our match up in the FF, too...

Personally, I think this might make it harder for these schools to get into the NCAAs each year. While one gets in automatically each year, the rest are going to be beating each other up too much and possibly hurting themselves too much to get into the NCAAs. Though maybe the WCHA and CCHA are getting too tough for the big schools to compete in now...

Maybe a high profile Big Ten Hockey Conference will bring more exposure to college hockey and bring in more fans. There is a lot of negative feelings about this and while most of those are likely justified, I think it's time to start seeing the positives in this.

While it means little for positioning in the NCAA, I think this game is an important warm up game for the NCAAs. Denver is a skilled team that will challenge the Sioux and they need to be challenged so they can maintain focus and not get upset in the NCAA regionals again...

I would think it wouldn't be hard to sell commercial time during Sioux hockey games since they are on all through ND, parts of MN, and on FCS. That's a lot of viewers to advertise to. Maybe WDAZ should make it happen...

I'm surprised by this since they are so competitive in those sports but I guess the school needed to make those changes. Maybe UNO should look at adding Women's hockey and maybe that would let them save the wrestling program?

I wonder how the NCAA feels about adding Darthmouth now that they lost to Cornell 7-1? I'd like to believe that North Dakota would have out up a good fight and made that an interesting game.